Master’s in International Marketing and Brand Management

In addition to the track unique courses you will be provided with the opportunity to tailor your degree via elective courses in for example, marketing intelligence, corporate reputation management, marketing and social media, and retail management. Throughout the programme you will get a significant run through of dissertation skills, covering all aspects of a successful submission of your master’s thesis.

Strategies for Brands and International Markets (track 1)

This track aims at introducing, explaining and applying central theories in business administration, especially with an international focus and an emphasis on marketing and branding. The track mainly discusses different areas from a management perspective. An ambition is to provide students with an academic perspective as well as an understanding of how challenges are approached from a practitioner point of view based upon theoretical models and constructs.

The track starts by introducing basic models and theories within the central areas of the international marketing and brand management. That is followed by a mandatory course on multichannel marketing, retail and internationalisation. In parallel, students choose one of two electives; either a course on sustainability and marketing ethics, or a course on on-line marketing, brands and consumers. The spring semester starts with a mandatory general course in research methods. Students also elect one of two courses on research methodology (qualitative or quantitative) and one additional elective dependant on career interests and courses available. As a final part of the track, students will conduct their own research and demonstrate their ability to independently apply the different ideas and theories introduced by the different courses. This will result in a degree project of ten weeks.

International Consumer Trends, Brands and Innovation (track 2)

This track provides students with breadth and depth in central areas of the subject matters of global consumer culture evolution, brands and innovation. To reach this overall objective, the theoretical concepts, models and tools will be related to real and complex problems in organizations in order to train the students in applying advanced theory to real-life business challenges in branding and innovation.

This track starts by introducing theories within the subject matter of the evolution of consumer culture and brands, followed by a course on models and tools for innovation. That is followed by a mandatory course on the value of brands in a consumption society. In parallel, students choose one of two electives; either a course on sustainability and marketing ethics, or a course on on-line marketing, brands and consumers. The spring semester starts with a mandatory general course in research methods. Students also elect one of two courses on research methodology (qualitative or quantitative) and one additional elective dependant on career interests and courses available. As a final part of the track, students will conduct their own research and demonstrate their ability to independently apply the different ideas and theories introduced by the different courses. This will result in a degree project of ten weeks.